Broom-holder.



L. A. RElSE-R.

BROOM HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. 1917 1,262,258. I Patentd Apr. 9,191&

[fIVE'FifUF V Affair/veg LOUIES REISER, 01E WATEEBUEY,CONNECT3ICUT,ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF T onion G. W'EGNEB, 0F WATER-BURY, CONNECTKCUT.

BROOM-HOLDER.

Application filed April 16, 1917.

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the county ox "low Haven of Connecticut grovements in Holders, of: whichthe following is a s ccincation.

This invention relates to what I shell for comenience observe the titleselected has been adopted primarily for convenience and for the furtherreason that the article has eminently met cend'tions imposed on it inthis particular lield. Obviously it can be used with equal utility inmany other connections; in fact it can sustain any suitable article, andn ln'ooin as will be clear is merely one illusintion. Among the primaryaims I have in view is the provision of a device oil the generalcharacter indicated. which will properly 7 1 lold a broom or otherimplement, but which will permit when desired the easy and ready removalof the article in question or its equivalent. The device can also beinexpensively and easily made.

in the drawings accompanying and forming" part of the presentspecification I have llustratcd in detail one of the several con- 1venient forms of embodiment of the invention. which to enable thoseskilled in the art in practice the same will be set forth fully in thefollowing description. its will be evident I do not restrict myself tothis exact mmstruction. I may depart therefrom in several respectswithin the scope of the invention defined by claim following said descrip Lion.

llet'errin to said drawings:

a to}? l view of a holder involving the inventioi. s owing a stick insection between the jaws thereof.

l 2 a front view the same, at portion of a broom or equivalent alsoappear iii-5;,

Like characters refer to l1l-l6 parts in both views.

Specification of Letters Patent.

h: 'e invented term a broom-holder. As I Patented Apr. 19189 Serial no.162,322.

tion to permit its jaws to yieldingly grip the handle of a broom orother part.

in the drawings the holder is conveniently made from one piece of strapmetal possessing the desired resiliency. It comprises the companion jaws2 and 3 practically of spiral or at least part circular form. From therear parts of the jaws there extend hackwardly the legs l and 5furnished with outwardly extending feet 6 and 7 which as shown areflat'and in the same plane with each other. These feet are perforated as at 8to receive fastenings such as the screws by which the holder can be heldto a wall 10 or other suitable support. The inner ends of the curvedjaws 2 and -3 are provided with wings 11 and 12 which as shown convergeforwardly and short ofor spaced from the inner faces of the front of thecurved jaws 2 and 3 respectively. At the back of the holder there is theconnecting piece or neck 13, the ends of which are inwardly bowed as at14 and 15 respectively, the front ends of the inwardly bowed portionsbeing united with the corresponding ends of the parts 11 and 12. Theintermediate part of the connecting piece or neck 13 is flat and isadapted to lie against the support 10 so as to strengthen thestructlilre and maintain at all times the jaws 2 and 3 in properposition to receive between them and grip an object which may be thehandle 16 of a broom. It will be clear that the radius of the jaws 2 and3 is in the structure illustrated, greater than that of the broom handleor similar part. It will be supposed that the holder is positionedupon'a suitable support and that it is desired to mount a broom orequivalent. In this case the handle is thrust between the jaws 2 and 3which owing to their resiliency separate laterally until the broomhandle is received against the back or connecting neck 1.3 at whichpoint the jaws will firmly close upon or grip the handle and prevent thebroom or like part being accidentally disleccd.

What 1 claim is:

A device of the class described comprising a pair of resilientapproximately spiral jaws with said feet, between said jaws, andhavforwardly and inwardly bowed portions extending into the jaws, midwings connected to the front mls of said bowed portions and eizteningcemrwardly and di'vergingly to each other and united with the free endsof the jaws, the whole being censtructed in one p ece irom strapreslhent matenal, the connectmg piece acting as'e bearing for the

